The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.